Engineering Standard

SAES-A-120 10 November 2015

Regulated Vendors List for Wastewater Treatment Equipment
Document Responsibility: Environmental Standards Committee

Saudi Aramco DeskTop Standards

Table of Contents

1 Scope........... 2
2 Conflicts and Deviations........ 2
3 References...... 2
4 Definitions........ 2
5 General..... 3
6 Acceptable Manufacturers Listing....... 4

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Document Responsibility: Environmental Standards Committee SAES-A-120
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Next Planned Update: 30 September 2019 Regulated Vendors List for Wastewater Treatment Equipment

1 Scope

This standard identifies acceptable commodities for Wastewater Treatment Equipment

Class 32 materials.

2 Conflicts and Deviations

2.1 Any conflicts between this standard and other applicable Saudi Aramco
Engineering Standards (SAESs), Materials System Specifications (SAMSSs),
Standard Drawings (SASDs), or industry standards, codes, and forms shall be
resolved in writing by the Company or buyer representative through the
Manager, Environmental Protection Department of Saudi Aramco, Dhahran.

2.2 Direct all requests to deviate from this standard in writing to the Company or
Buyer representative, who shall forward such requests to the Manager,
Environmental Protection Department of Saudi Aramco, Dhahran. The EPD
Manager shall follow internal Company procedure SAEP-133 to process the
request.

3 References

The following is a summary of the Saudi Aramco documents that have been mentioned
within this standard:

Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedure

SAEP-133 Instructions for the Development of a Regulated
Vendors List Engineering Standard

Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards

SAES-A-103 Discharges to the Marine Environment
SAES-A-104 Wastewater Treatment, Reuse and Disposal

4 Definitions

9COM Material #: Commodity material number.

Acceptable: Approval is not required to place a purchase order for the product.
After the order has been placed, the Supplier of this product must ensure that he
complies with all aspects of the purchasing contract (e.g., must meet the Saudi Aramco
Materials System Specification).

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Approval: Written authorization by the Manager, Environmental Protection

Department, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran. He shall approve revisions to the RVL standards
and the SAP-based RVLs, and shall also approve manufacturers on a one- time basis.

License Agreement: A contract between a Supplier and an owner of rights to an

equipment design, allowing a Supplier to either (1) assemble the equipment using all
the pieces provided by the design owner or (2) assemble the eqipment using a
combination of pieces provided by the design owner and pieces manufactured by the
licensee to the design owners deatailed drawings/specifications. The contract between
the licensor and licensee would (1) require the licensee to follow the licensor
manufacturing procedures and be routinely audited by the licensor for compliance and
(2) require the equipment to be marked and labeled using the licensors brand name.

Made: Created from raw materials and/or assembled by the manufacturer.

Manufacturer: The Manufacturer is the organization that constructs all or a

component part of the 9COM equipment. All companies constructing component
pieces or supplying the subcomponent equipment must be an Saudi Aramco approved
Supplier (for example all valves, pumps, instruments and any other component pieces of
a final product must be from Saudi Aramco approved Suppliers). The Manufacturer can
be either (1) the owner of the brand name of the equipment or (2) a licensee that has a
license agreement to construct this equipment under the direction of the Approved
Supplier (the Approved Supplier is responsible to guarantee this equipment as if they
had constructed it themselves).

SAMSS: Saudi Aramco Materials System Specification

SAP: The Saudi Aramco corporate computer system that includes description of the
wastewater treatment equipment commodities and list of currently approved
manufacturers.

Supplier: The person/company, etc., who is responsible to provide the equipment to

Saudi Aramco.

5 General

5.1 Procurement of a product made by a manufacturer not listed as an approved

manufacturer in Saudi Aramco SAP system is not allowed without approval.
Requests for approval of an alternate manufacturer must be supported by
documentation identifying how the alternate manufacturer would better serve
Saudi Aramco over the approved manufacturers.
Commentary Note:

If the request to procure from an alternate manufacturer is not approved, the

approval authority is under no obligation to present the reasons for the refusal.

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5.2 The manufacturer listings within Saudi Aramco SAP system shall be
interpreted in the following manner:

5.2.1 Manufacturer listed without limitation: All products from the

manufacturer in the given category (9COM material and, if applicable,
SAMSS) are acceptable.

5.2.2 Manufacturer listed with a limitation: Only the product that meets the
limitation is acceptable. If noted as being manufactured Under
License, only products made under the terms of the license agreement
are acceptable.

5.2.3 Manufacturer listed with a specific location: Only products made in the
specific location(s) or area(s) are acceptable.

6 Acceptable Manufacturers Listing

Refer to Saudi Aramco SAP system for the approved manufacturers for the following
9COMs:

Equipment Description: AERATION SYSTEM-SURFACE AERATORS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012659
Specification: SAES-A-104

AERATION SYSTEM-SURFACE AERATORS: Surface aerators to add oxygen into

wastewater in the aeration basins, tanks, and ponds needed for the biological treatment
of wastewater.

Equipment Description: AERATION SYSTEM-VENTURI AERATORS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012700
Specification: SAES-A-104

AERATION SYSTEM-VENTURI AERATORS: A jet aerator is an aspirating device,

works by the principle of venturi effect to add oxygen into wastewater.

Equipment Description: BELT FILTER PRESSES SANITARY SLUDGE

DEWATERING
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000008730
Specification: SAES-A-104

BELT FILTER PRESSES SANITARY SLUDGE DEWATERING: Belt Filter Presses,

machines that increase the solids of 1.0% aerobically digested activated sludge to 25 %
by mechanical pressure separation.

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Equipment Description: CLARIFIER SOLIDS COLLECTION EQUIPMENT

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000002471
Specification: SAES-A-104

CLARIFIER SOLIDS COLLECTION EQUIPMENT: Solids and scum collection and

removal equipment for primary and secondary clarifiers and sedimentation tanks
designed for efficient solids removal and corrosion resistance.

Equipment Description: CONTROL UNIT, WASTEWATER ODOR (ACTIVATED

CARBON)
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010084
Specification: SAES-A-104

CONTROL, WASTEWATER ODOR (ACTIVATED CARBON): Carbon filter that

uses adsorption process onto porous activated carbon surface used to remove air
contaminants that cause odor in wastewater collection and treatment streams.

Equipment Description: DECANTER CENTRIFUGES SANITARY SLUDGE

DEWATERING
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012706
Specification: SAES-A-104

DECANTER CENTRIFUGES SANITARY SLUDGE DEWATERING: Decanter

centrifuges machines that increase the solids of 1.0% aerobically digested activated
sludge to 25 % by mechanical centrifuge separation.

Equipment Description: ODOR CONTROL-CHEMICAL SCRUBBER

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012655
Specification: SAES-A-104

ODOR CONTROL-CHEMICAL SCRUBBER: Chemical counter current scrubbers

(acid and caustic wet scrubbing) removes air contaminants such as hydrogen sulfide and
other reduced sulfur compounds, and Ammonia and other nitrogen compounds that
cause odor in wastewater collection and treatment, by mass transfer absorption via
contact of the air stream with aqueous solution in the scrubbing chamber.

Equipment Description: OFFSHORE WASTEWATER TREATMENT-BIOLOGICAL

9COM Material #: 6000012702
Specification: SAES-A-104

OFFSHORE WASTEWATER TREATMENT-BIOLOGICAL: Biological (Secondary)

treatment systems or Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) type for treating sewage to be
discharged to the marine environment from an offshore facility or marine vessel.

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Equipment Description: OFFSHORE WASTEWATER TREATMENT-MACERATION

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010097
Specification: SAES-A-103

OFFSHORE WASTEWATER TREATMENT-MACERATION: A crusher, a

shredding, a grinder machine, a chopper pump that reduces solids in the wastewater to
small pieces prior to discharging to the marine environment. The treated wastewater
shall not produce visible floating solids or cause discoloration of the surrounding water.

Equipment Description: OIL/WATER SEPARATION-DISSOLVED AIR

FLOTATION (DAF) / INDUCED AIR FLOTATION (IAF)
9COM Material #: 6000012704
Specification: SAES-A-104

OIL/WATER SEPARATION-DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION (DAF) / INDUCED

AIR FLOTATION (IAF): Secondary oil / water vessel to separate non-dissolved or
emulsified oil and solids from oil water by gravity. Induced Gas Flotation (IGF) /
Dissolved Gas Flotation (DGF) use gas bubbles to remove oil droplets and suspended
solids not removed by primary water treatment.

Equipment Description: OIL/WATER-OIL SKIMMERS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012705
Specification: SAES-A-104

OIL/WATER-OIL SKIMMERS: a drum, disk surface oil skimmer, or double arm

internal float oil skimmer that removes surface oils floating on oily water rely on
adhesion of oil to the surface of the mechanism.

Equipment Description: OILY WASTEWATER CENTRIFUGAL

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010114
Specification: SAES-A-104

OILY WASTEWATER CENTRIFUGE: Disc stack centrifuges, Centrifuge Decanters,

and Tricanters 3-phase separation. They separate water and solids from the oil in
mixtures of immiscible liquids by mechanical separation using centrifugal force.

Equipment Description: OILY WASTEWATER FILTERS-WALNUT SHELL MEDIA

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012708
Specification: SAES-A-104

OILY WASTEWATER FILTERS-WALNUT SHELL MEDIA: A deep bed nutshell

filter of 100% black walnut shells designed to remove oily contaminants from oily

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water. The scrubbing mechanism for removing the oil from the walnut shells shall use
either an external scrubber or an internal scrubber technology that does not require entry
into the vessel to perform routine maintenance.

Equipment Description: OILY WASTEWATER MULTIMEDIA FILTERS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012707
Specification: SAES-A-104

OILY WASTEWATER MULTIMEDIA FILTERS: A deep bed filter that uses multiple
selected grades of media - coarse anthracite / sand, etc., to remove the bulk of the solids
and some of the insoluble oil from oily water.

Equipment Description: OILY WATER API SEPARATORS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010099
Specification: SAES-A-104

OILY WATER API SEPARATORS: Primary elevated rectangular tanks that separate
free oil from water by gravity and separates oily sludge and solids from water by chain
and flight scrapers. They shall not include auxiliary plate packs. The Design shall be as
per SAES-A-104, Section 8.1.2 requirements.

Equipment Description: OILY WATER INCLINED PLATES INTERCEPTORS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000014117
Specification: SAES-A-104

OILY WATER INCLINED PLATES INTERCEPTORS: Gravity separators inclined

plates interceptors contain inclined plates pack for removing oil and suspended solids
from oily wastewaters where the oily wastewater being treated contains very small
concentrations of solids and oily sludge. The Design shall be as per SAES-A-104,
Section 8.1.2 requirements and include an equalization tank upstream of the inclined
plates interceptor separator.

Equipment Description: PRELIMINARY TREATMENT- MECHANICAL COARSE

BAR SCREEN
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000008724
Specification: SAES-A-104

PRELIMINARY TREATMENT - MECHANICAL COARSE BAR SCREEN: Step

inclined screens that have 20 mm screen openings as the first step in the Preliminary
Treatment located at headworks of wastewater treatment plants. It removes coarse and
bulky material and therefore protects downstream equipment.

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Equipment Description: PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-DEGRITTER

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012657
Specification: SAES-A-104

PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-DEGRITTER: Aerated or vortex grit chambers with

mechanical grit removal, grit washing and classifying equipment, level sensors, and
flushing and fluidizing facilities located in the headworks of wastewater treatment plants.

Equipment Description: PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-FINE SCREEN

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012658
Specification: SAES-A-104

PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-FINE SCREEN: Perforated, step, wedgewire, and

rotary screens that have 6mm screen openings for conventional treatment or 1-3 mm
screen openings for Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) plants located after the degritters.

Equipment Description: PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-SANITARY

WASTEWATER GRINDER
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010093
Specification: SAES-A-104

PRELIMINARY TREATMENT-SANITARY WASTEWATER GRINDER:

comminuting devices that reduce the size of solids to less than 6 mm located after the
bar screens and upstream of the grit removal chambers in the headworks of wastewater
treatment plants.

Equipment Description: SANITARY WASTEWATER FILTERS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010110
Specification: SAES-A-104

SANITARY WASTEWATER FILTERS: Tertiary filters that have California Title 22

Certification for water reuse, which will produce effluent quality suitable for
unrestricted reuse applications.

Equipment Description: SANITARY WASTEWATER PACKAGE TREATMENT

PLANT
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010115
Specification: SAES-A-104

SANITARY WASTEWATER PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANT: a prefabricated

complete biological sanitary wastewater treatment system that complies with
SAES-A-104 requirements.

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Equipment Description: TANKS, AND FABRICATION PLANTS ALL WASTEWATER

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010096
Specification: SAES-A-104

TANKS AND FABRICATION PLANTS ALL WASTEWATER: Assembly of the

wastewater main equipment (API, inclined plates interceptor, membrane bioreactor
(MBR), etc.) manufacturers package including atmospheric steel tanks for wastewater
applications.

Equipment Description: UNIT, OILY WASTEWATER MEMBRANE BIO REACTORS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012709
Specification: SAES-A-104

UNIT, OILY WASTEWATER MEMBRANE BIO REACTORS: An advanced low-

pressure membrane biological treatment system producing effluent quality that meets
Reverse Osmosis (RO) pretreatment requirements. The main system components have
to be manufactured by the approved vendor and they consist of the anoxic, aerobic, and
sludge collection/aerobic digester tanks, the membrane operating system and the
associated piping, controls, instrumentation, and pumps. Any major or supplemental
component if not manufactured by the approved vendor has to be purchased from a
Saudi Aramcos approved suppliers. The membranes shall be submerged membranes.
Cross flow membranes are not acceptable. The Design shall be as per SAES-A-104,
Section 9.4 requirements.

Equipment Description: UNIT, SANITARY WASTEWATER MEMBRANE BIO

REACTORS
9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010111
Specification: SAES-A-104

UNIT, SANITARY WASTEWATER MEMBRANE BIO REACTORS: An advanced

low-pressure membrane biological treatment system producing effluent quality that
meets California Title 22 requirements for reuse. The main system components have to
be manufactured by the approved vendor and they consist of the anoxic, aerobic, and
sludge collection/aerobic digester tanks, the membrane operating system and the
associated piping, controls, instrumentation, and pumps. Any major or supplemental
component if not manufactured by the approved vendor has to be purchased from a
Saudi Aramcos approved supplier. The membranes shall be submerged membranes.
Cross flow membranes are not acceptable. The Design shall be as per SAES-A-104,
Section 9.3 requirements.

Equipment Description: UNIT, WASTEWATER DISINFECTION-CHLORINATION

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010095
Specification: SAES-A-104

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UNIT, WASTEWATER DISINFECTION-CHLORINATION: A skid mounted system

to introduce chlorine compounds, sodium hypochlorite, in liquid or solid forms to the
water or wastewater, generally for the purpose of disinfection, or chemical oxidation
and odor control. The unit shall include a day tank, metering pumps (including standby
pumps), piping, instrumentation, and local control panel that can automatically or
manually control the chlorine based on a dose set point or flow rate.

Equipment Description: UNIT, WASTEWATER PRELIMINARY TREATMENT

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012656
Specification: SAES-A-104

UNIT, WASTEWATER PRELIMINARY TREATMENT: Combination of Preliminary

treatment units; grinder, grit removal, FOG removal, and fine screen for small flow
wastewater treatment plants.

Equipment Description: UNIT. WASTEWATER AERATION (DIFFUSERS)

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010094
Specification: SAES-A-104

UNIT, WASTEWATER AERATION (DIFFUSERS): Air Diffusers also known as

bubble diffusers used for the addition of oxygen to wastewater in the lower part at the
aeration tanks or basins needed for the biological treatment of wastewater. Materials of
construction shall be appropriate for the salinity of the wastewater being treated.
Only coarse bubble diffusers are acceptable for use in Saudi Aramco because of the
high Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) wastewater and the carbonate sand that is mixed
with all wastewater in Saudi Arabia. Other types of diffusers shall be reviewed in a
case by case uses. Approval of alternative diffusers shall be prepared and submitted to
the General Supervisor, Environmental Engineering Division (EED) for approval.
A letter of approval, signed by the General Supervisor, EED, shall be included as an
attachment to the project specifications.

Equipment Description: WASTEWATER DISINFECTION-ELECTROLYSIS

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000012701
Specification: SAES-A-104

WASTEWATER DISINFECTION-ELECTROLYSIS: Seawater electrochlorination

systems produce disinfecting agent sodium hypochlorite from seawater due to an
electric current being passed through the water for marine and offshore applications.

Equipment Description: WASTEWATER FLOW DISTRIBUTION DEVICES

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010112
Specification: SAES-A-104

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WASTEWATER FLOW DISTRIBUTION DEVICES: Normally concrete splitter

boxes that include Downward Opening Weir Gates to distribute the wastewater flow
into downstream wastewater equipment placed in parallel. Downward Opening Weir
Gates are used for flow and/or level control in applications where water flows over the
gate. Downward Opening Weir Gates have a reinforced slide and are solidly built in
one piece for easy installation.

Equipment Description: WASTEWATER MIXERS, STATIC, SLOW RAPID

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010083
Specification: SAES-A-104

WASTEWATER MIXERS, STATIC, SLOW RAPID: Vertical or side mixers for

wastewater process applications.

Equipment Description: WASTEWATER ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000010113
Specification: SAES-A-104

WASTEWATER ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR: A Rotating Biological

Contactor (RBC) is an attached growth, aerobic, biological wastewater treatment process.
An RBC consist of a series of closely spaced circular disks that are submerged in
wastewater and rotated through it with a mechanical drive. As the RBC disks rotate out
of the wastewater, aeration is accomplished by exposure to the atmosphere. Wastewater
flows down through the disks where biological treatment and solids sloughing occurs.

Equipment Description: WASTEWATER SLUICE GATES

9COM MATERIAL #: 6000013034
Specification: SAES-A-104

WASTEWATER SLUICE GATES: A sluice gate is a valve used at the end of a pipe
line or to cover an opening in a wall and is not an in-line valve. Sluice gates are raised
and lowered by means of a stem or rod using a manually operated screw stem hoist, an
electrically driven screw stem hoist or a hydraulic cylinder. Sluice gates are mounted to
a pipe flange, to a wall casting or thimble embedded in the concrete. Sluice gates are not
normally used in open channels where slide gates are normally used for seating flow
conditions. Slide gates are not acceptable for use in tank walls and cannot be
substituted for sluice gates.

Revision Summary
30 September 2014 New Saudi Aramco Engineering Standard.
10 November 2015 Editorial revision to the descriptions of 9COM 6000012705 and 9COM 6000010115.

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